[mercury-users] Mercury needs a Tutorial

[Ralph Becket]

Peeters Wim wrote on 11 Feb:
> Yeah !  But higher order programming isn't exactly easy ot understand (for a
> newcomer), so you probably should focus on first order programming in the
> "beginners-manual".

There's a smashing paper by John Hughes called "Why Functional
Programming Matters" which provides an excellent tutorial on HOP.  I
think I'll refer readers to that in the appropriate chapter (which
will be delivered towards the end).  I can make a copy available to
anyone who wants to read it.

Ralph

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